05 Passat Wagon TDI

[R_Ethug]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

yea i can never figure out why VW bumpers are SOOOO easy to take on/off and audi ones are like putting together a puzzle where the pieces change every 10 seconds.. i hate that my car for that.. my front bumper is still misaligned

[popp]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

i've taken my bumper off lots....... very easy, shouldn't take you more then 10 mins

[stefan]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

Dealership said they would attempt to re-align the rub strip on the front right of the car before I bought it last week (car has rubbed up on something and popped out the rub strip a bit). So I brought it in as requested yesterday and at the end of the day they said that there is nothing they can do, so I guess I'll have to do it my self. Its a little frustrating. I can see the hook that is pulled out and stopping it from sitting flush. It just needs to be hooked back in to the hole where it belongs. It can't be pressed back in, so I'll pull the bumper, take off the rub strip, and hook it back in. It won't be perfect, because I'm sure the hook was probably stretched a little when it popped out, but I just wanted put back in, which they said they would do. The car wasn't even pulled in to the service bay, so they really didn't even give it a try.

Not a huge deal, but silly stuff like this is largely why the dealership has only ever touched my car if it was warranty. That, and comments like "they bill 6 hours for a timing belt and our good guys do it in 3, so they love it" that I got from the sales guy.

Headlight scuff is just the 3M, so damage here isn't bad. I'll get the paint fixed eventually. I just wanted the rub strip but back in:

[stefan]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

yeah, was thinking about that. I have a stampede bbq at my office on Thursday in fisher park, so I can probably zip over to the meet for a few minutes and grab a renewal and stickers

[popp]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

Blair should have some grey Eurodrivers decals left that will match the wagon. If not I may.

[stefan]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

Unitronic ... psssst unitronic

Probably going to hold off a while... But pm be a price anyway

[Benjamin]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

http://www.passatworld.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118567

Here is the info to change the passat tranny to sport mode

[turbomeyers]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

Unitronic ... psssst unitronic

[stefan]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

I resent that
I can look into getting some gps/antenna bases again if you want one.

minivan... yours is an exception, it's a urinal van

[Stonewall]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

Also got the OEM roof bars on and my Thule box on, so it looks pretty family now, but cooler than a van .

I resent that
I can look into getting some gps/antenna bases again if you want one.

[R_Ethug]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

yea it has sport mode already holds the gears to red line..

i thought you maybe had a fix for the annoying brake throttle lag which you've probably already discovered

[stefan]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

the allroad probably has a button for sport mode. That's all this really is by the sounds of it. Passat just doesn't have a button.

[R_Ethug]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

nice.. what TIP mod did you do? i wonder if i can do it to the Ar?

[stefan]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

I'll try and get better pics here sooner or later.
I did the tiptronic mod Popp mentioned, and notice a difference for sure. I also disabled the incessant seatbelt chime. A guy can't step out of the car for a second without that thing freaking out. Headlights look kind of cool with the DRL's disabled and just the little marker lights on up front. Also got the OEM roof bars on and my Thule box on, so it looks pretty family now, but cooler than a van . I also managed to get the homelink garage door opener programmed. It now opens the garage door with button 1, turns on all the lights with button 2 and turns them all off with button 3. I think I'd like to find a Sharan style stubby antenna for the car.

[stefan]

Re: 05 Passat Wagon TDI

thanks all for comments. i think it was the right choice.

We'll see about the lowering... I think it will be sitting where it is for a little while though. Maybe next summer.